According to Jennifer Fickley-Baker, Walt Disney World’s editorial content manager, both Star Wars-inspired lands will “transport guests to a never-before-seen planet, a remote trading port and one of the last stops before Wild Space, where Star Wars characters and their stories come to life.”

The lands will have two signature attractions: one allowing guests to take control of the Millennium Falcon, and another that puts guests in the middle of a giant battle between the First Order and the Resistance.

The two 14 acre Star Wars attractions are set to launch in 2019. Attendees will be able to see the model inside the “A Galaxy of Stories” pavilion at the centre of the expo. More information about the two lands are expected to be released over the weekend, likely during a theme park development panel taking place on Saturday afternoon (14 July) at D23.

Disney's Shanghai park is about to achieve something none of its resorts have managed in the last three decades – breaking even in its first full year of operation. The US$5.5bn (€4.9bn £4.3bn) attraction, which opened in June last year

Disney has once again upped its stake in Euro Disney, increasing total ownership of Disneyland Paris to 97.08 per cent ahead of a planned stock market delisting. The company is looking to regain full control of its Paris park, which

Following a period of growth in 2015, the world’s top theme parks have experienced a mixed year, according to the latest edition of the TEA/AECOM Theme Index. For the world’s top 25 theme parks, attendance declined 1.1 per cent, down

Disney has celebrated the launch of its new Avatar land at Animal Kingdom with the operator marking the occasion by hosting a ‘Dedication of Pandora’ at the Orlando theme park. Based on the world of the 2009 Avatar movie, the

Disney chair Bob Iger has said that the company must continue to incorporate its most popular IPs into its parks in order to help grow its business. Speaking during an earnings call, Iger said that some of Disney’s most significant

Disney’s parks and resorts have enjoyed another strong quarter, with the company experiencing double digit growth in operating profits to US$750m (€689.5m, £579.2m). The boost represented a 20 per cent increase on last year’s Q2 profits (US$624m, £481.9m, €574.1m), and

Disney has addressed disgruntled taxpayers’ unhappiness over “unequal financing” in Hong Kong by injecting a further HK$350m (US$45m, €42.4m, £36.2m) into the company’s six-year, HK$10.9bn (US$1.4bn, €1.3bn, £1.1bn) facelift of its park, with the operator also promising to waive part

It might look like a man simply catching a tennis ball, but a new video from Disney Research shows much more than that. Disney’s researchers have developed a way for users to be able to accurately catch a physical ball

After much speculation surrounding his future with the company, Bob Iger will extend his tenure as Disney chief executive until July 2019. “Given Bob Iger’s outstanding leadership, his record of success in a changing media landscape, and his clear strategic

Disney has agreed to pay out US$3.8m (€3.5m, £3m) in back wages, after officials found violations from the company regarding minimum wages, overtime pay and payroll records. The two Florida subsidiaries of Disney – Disney Vacation Club Management and Walt

Disney has offered its most in-depth look at its upcoming Star Wars Land yet, unveiling a scale model of the attraction ahead of the D23 fan expo taking place this weekend in Anaheim, California. Two years on from the last D23, when Bob Iger first revealed plans for two Star Wars attractions at Disney’s Florida and California theme parks, the operator unveiled the model, which has been made available for